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and the verse following them:
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“Does the human being think that I will never gather his bones back
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together?”
indicate that the missing events on which the oaths were taken are, “you will be
resurrected and judged.” This type of deletion in Arabic is used to dramatically
increase the effect of the passage, much in the same way that warnings are orally
expressed in English; for example, “You had better stop doing that, or else!”
THE JADAL (DEBATE)
The desire to be convinced by logical arguments is a part of human nature.
Human beings, generally speaking, like to argue and debate even about things
which their limited knowledge cannot verify to be correct or incorrect. Allaah
alluded to this nature in the Qur’aan, saying,
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“Certainly, the human being is the most argumen-tative creature!”
Consequently, Allaah ordered the Prophet (r) to enter into debates with the
pagans, but only in a gentle way which might move their hearts:
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Soorah al-Qiyaamah (75):3.
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Soorah al-Kahf (18):54. The verse could also be translated, “Certainly, humanity is more
than anything argumentative.”
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